SkySky SC2

This is like 300+ replays since I never upload anything anymore. Meh. gl hf watching them, I guess if you wanted to you could look at my profile and find out which are which but Idk. Nobody wants replays lolololololol.

imau5:

Season 2: 12-11

I lost to another faggot terran who massed up marines.

Tonights not my night.

I can’t even type correctly.

What was going through my head “Hmm, ling seen 2 rax, and about 5 marines, better throw down a roach warren”….*puts down roach warren*…”Well, it’s cross positions, I’d…

Hmm, I can only post one comment. Well, the first comment I posted [which got erased] I recommended you try using banelings more against Terran, since banelings rape marine/marauder, and if the Terran goes for more tech you can still use them to break a wall in easily.

Spanishiwa’s Zerg build is something that’s pretty new to the public, it’s a really high econ build that relies mostly on queens and spines for defense early on, and leaves you really far ahead of your opponent in economy. You might want to check it out, since earlier on you just need to focus on improving your macro, if you’re only dealing with one build for all three matchups it might help you get the hang of the mechanics more. I haven’t really used it yet, I haven’t played in like two days, but from what I’ve seen it seems to work pretty well.

Oh, and roaches aren’t that useful in ZvT, marauders pretty much own them and they’re not too great vs marines either. speedling/baneling would work better IMO, unless you’re trying to do some sneaky stuff with tunneling roaches. Check out the unit info on liquipedia for Zerg units and see how they work in each matchup, that will help you a lot later on when what units you make really matter, vs now in earlier leagues, where you just get more units and win.

imau5:

Season 2: 1-2

If a game of SC determined if I would live or die, and they put me against a Protoss, I would probably die.

I. Have. No. Fucking. Idea. What to do against Protoss.

I went with 13 gas, 12 pool. I wanted to do some early aggression. But against Protoss? That’s impossible.

I got in…

Are you putting your replays up anymore? I’d take a look at some of them whenever I had time, if you do. I’ve heard quick speedlings do well against a protoss 4gate that isn’t really zealot heavy [Unless you have like just way more than he can handle], and even if it’s a better opponent if you force him to waste his sentry FFs [pretend to be doing on his ramp and retreat, act like you’re going to counter-attack as he’s coming up your ramp, stuff like that.]

Usually against a toss I like to 15 hatch into roach/ling early on, since roaches pretty much demolish gateway units [stalkers not so much, unless on creep and/or with the speed upgrade.] Toss is my hardest matchup though, so Idk. Watch, watch, watch your replays! If you notice that all of your ZvP games you get crushed before you have enough defense, maybe you’re focusing too much on econ and need to make a few more units to defend. If you’re expanding early and don’t have roaches fast enough, maybe you need to drop a spine down at your natural. Keep your defense where you’re going to get attacked. You said you had all of your units in your main and he FF’ed you in, you should be keeping your units at your natural since there’s really no way he can get in your base anywhere else. Lings, especially, since they can’t defend against air, there’s no point in keeping them so far back.

Also, right now, I would really just focus on getting one build and practice that build over and over and over. Early on, it isn’t really good to experiment because you aren’t that familiar with timings/mechanics. Really, if you focus on one build, you’ll just naturally start doing the builds without thinking, you’ll get timings down, and you’ll be better at judging your opponents based on previous games you’ve played. Not only will this help you win these games, but you’ll start to realize little things, like “If I 10 gas/10pool against a toss, and 99% of toss attacks don’t come until 6 minutes, that means that I can delay that gas/pool a bit more and I’ll have more minerals to build drones. Then, at 4:50 I can start making attacking units and defend most toss attacks” or something like that.

[That statistic isn’t true, btw. It is mostly true for a 4-gate, which is why I like to hatch first against most toss players, but that doesn’t mean I do/should fast expand every ZvP.]

My builds [Normally]:

ZvT: 14 Hatch 14 Pool

ZvP: 15 Hatch

ZvZ: 1 Base Roach Expand or 1 Base Roach Tech depending on what I see.
[Apparently, Destiny’s new 1 base infestor build is all the rage now, and can destroy this, but I’ve yet to see it used against me properly. I want to try this, but my micro isn’t that good, so I’m afraid I’d lose my infestors, hah.]

tl;dr: I recommend reading my reasoning above and not this, but that’s up to you.

• Don’t mix up your strategies so much. Focus on one build [per matchup] and stick to it. Once you’re more comfortable with it, it’ll be stronger and faster, and you’ll improve your game in no time. Zerg builds!
• Watch your replays! [ESPECIALLY YOUR LOSSES!] [And put them up for people (read: me) to watch and help you with?]
• Keep lings/roaches at your natural once you get it. No point in leaving your only defense all the way in the back of your base, right?
• If you see you’re going to have trouble defending an attack, throw down spines [or spores if it’s air and you have no air defense.]
• If a toss has sentries, fake him out to get him to waste FFs before he gets to your base.

EDIT: Holy shit I write a lot. I’ve noticed, whenever I talk/argue about SC2 builds I go on long ass rants. Well, read the tl;dr if you want, but I kind of explained why these points are important in the main text.